Operator-norm inequalities and interpolated trace inequalities

In this article, we investigate some operator-norm inequalities related to some conjectures posed by Hayajneh and Kittaneh that are related to questions of Bourin regarding a special type of inequalities referred to as subadditivity inequalities. While some inequalities are meant to answer these conjectures, other inequalities present reverse-type inequalities for these conjectures. Then, we present some new trace inequalities related to Heinz means inequality and use these inequalities to prove some variants of the aforementioned conjectures.     

Interpolated Young and Heinz inequalities

In this article, we interpolate the well-known Young’s inequality for numbers and matrices, when equipped with the Hilbert–Schmidt norm, then present the corresponding interpolations of recent refinements in the literature. As an application of these interpolated versions, we study the monotonicity these interpolations obey.     

Reverse Young and Heinz inequalities for matrices

We give reverses of the classical Young inequality for positive real numbers and we use these to establish reverse Young and Heinz inequalities for matrices.     

Jensen matrix inequalities and direct sums

Let A, X and Y be n-by-n complex matrices such that A is positive semi-definite and X, Y are contractions. We prove that if f is an increasing convex function on [0, ∞) such that f(0) ≤ 0, then the eigenvalues of f(|X*AY|) are dominated by those of X*f(A)X⊕Y* f(A)Y. Several related results are considered.     

Norm inequalities for matrix geometric means of positive definite matrices

We obtain eigenvalue inequalities for matrix geometric means of positive definite matrices. This implies matrix norm inequalities for unitarily invariant norms, which are considered as complementary to a series of norm inequalities among geometric means. We give complements of the Ando–Hiai type inequality for the Karcher mean by means of the generalized Kantorovich constant. Finally, we consider the monotonicity of the eigenvalue function for the Karcher mean.     

On the existence of unitarily invariant norm under some conditions

Let r ₁, …, r _m be positive real numbers and A ₁, …, A _m be n × n matrices with complex entries. In this article, we present a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a unitarily invariant norm ‖·‖, such that ‖A _i ‖ = r _i , for i = 1, …, m. Then we identify the greatest unitarily invariant norm which satisfies this condition. Using this, we get an approximation of unitarily invariant norms. Although the minimum unitarily invariant norm which satisfies this condition does not exist in general, we find conditions over A _i s and r _i s which are sufficient for the existence of such a norm. Finally, we get a characterization of unitarily invariant norms.     

Commutator inequalities associated with the polar decomposition

Let be a polar decomposition of an complex matrix . Then for every unitarily invariant norm , it is shown that

where denotes the operator norm. This is a quantitative version of the well-known result that is normal if and only if . Related inequalities involving self-commutators are also obtained.

     

A remark on normal derivations

Given a Hilbert space , let be operators on . Anderson has proved that if is normal and , then for all operators . Using this inequality, Du Hong-Ke has recently shown that if (instead) , then for all operators . In this note we improve the Du Hong-Ke inequality to for all operators . Indeed, we prove the equivalence of Du Hong-Ke and Anderson inequalities, and show that the Du Hong-Ke inequality holds for unitarily invariant norms.

     

Norm equalities and inequalities for operator matrices

Several norm equalities and inequalities for operator matrices are proved in this paper. These results, which depend on the structure of circulant and skew circulant operator matrices, include pinching type inequalities for weakly unitarily invariant norms.     

复半正定矩阵的奇异值不等式

用Mn表示所有复矩阵组成的集合.对于A∈Mn,σ(A)=(σ1(A),…,σn(A)),其中σ1(A)≥…≥σn(A)是矩阵A的奇异值.本文给出证明:对于任意实数α,A,B∈Mn为半正定矩阵,优化不等式σ(A-|α|B) wlogσ(A+αB)成立,改进和推广了文[5]的结果.     

On square roots of isometries

Abstract

In various normed spaces we answer the question of when a given isometry is a square of some isometry. In particular, we consider (real and complex) matrix spaces equipped with unitarily invariant norms and unitary congruence invariant norms, as well as some infinite dimensional spaces illustrating the difference between finite and infinite dimensions.     

Improved Young and Heinz inequalities for matrices

We give refinements of the classical Young inequality for positive real numbers and we use these refinements to establish improved Young and Heinz inequalities for matrices.     

Norm inequalities in operator ideals

In this paper we introduce a new technique for proving norm inequalities in operator ideals with a unitarily invariant norm. Among the well-known inequalities which can be proved with this technique are the Löwner-Heinz inequality, inequalities relating various operator means and the Corach-Porta-Recht inequality. We prove two general inequalities and from them we derive several inequalities by specialization, many of them new. We also show how some inequalities, known to be valid for matrices or bounded operators, can be extended with this technique to normed ideals in C^∗-algebras, in particular to the noncommutative Lp-spaces of a semi-finite von Neumann algebra.